July 26, 2014 6:11 PM

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CWG 2014: Indian shooter Prakash Nanjappa wins silver medal in 10m air pistol event

India has bagged another silver in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games taking the Medals tally to 3 Gold 5 Silver and 3 bronze so far.On the 3rd day today, Indian shooter Prakash Nanjappa won silver in 10m Air Pistol event finishing with 198.2 points. Daniel Repacholi of Australia won Gold with 199.5 points. Nanjappa's 12th shot was just 7.7 and that ruined a superb final for him.Earlier, he stormed in to into the final after finishing top in the qualifying round. In the Women's 10m Air Rifle event India's Apurvi Chandela created Games Record to qualify for finals. Her compatriot Ayonika Paul have also qualified for the finals as she finished fourth in Qualifications. India's Anisha Sayyed finished second in the Women's 25m Pistol precision event to qualify for the next round.Indian Judokas had a tough day out as they failed to go above quarters round but they won their repechage bouts enabling them to fight for bronze. Parikshit Kumar in Men's +100kg and Sahil Pathania in 100 kg, Rajwinder Kaur in Women's +78kg and Jina Devi Chongtam in 78kg.Indian Women's table tennis team have thrashed New Zealand 3-Nil to enter the semi finals. They will now face Singapore women's team in the semis. The Men's team will later fight against hosts for the semi final berth in Men's table tennis event.

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